Roadside historic markers are our windows to the past. They educate us, they make us curious to investigate, or they provide a nice excuse to take a break and stretch our legs while we read what happened here. California's historic marker program is a great way to learn the history of the The Golden State! See waymark creation and logging requirements below.

Peralta Hacienda was the home of Luís Peralta who received the first and largest Mexican land grant. His hacienda was the nucleus of the Rancho de San Antonio, which covered the sites of seven present-day East Bay cities.

A marker placed by the California State Park Commission in cooperation with the Vallecito Parlor No. 308, Native Daughters of the Golden West to commemorate the first public school in the Castro Valley.

The Pardee Home is a museum and home of the Alameda County Historical Society. It was designated an Oakland City landmark in 1975, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976, and was named a California state landmark in 1997.